REMOTE SENSING OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER CHARACTERISTICS

The Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, initiated a data collection program to develop a workable knowledge of the principles relating to the transport of water and sediment to gain a better understanding of the Mississippi River characteristics. Aerial photographs and thermal infrared imagery were collected over two test reaches at low and high water stages. Qualitative interpretation of the data relates to the river characteristics such as flow patterns, relative velocities, sediment concentration distribution, water-depth effects, and effects of man-made structures. Ground truth information is correlated with the remotely sensed data.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Ruff, J F
  • Skinner, M M
  • Winkley, B R
  • Simons, D B
  • Dorratcague, D E
• Publication Date: 1976-5

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 189-202
• Serial:
  • Journal of Waterways, Harbors & Coast Eng Div
  • Volume: 102
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Imagery; Inland waterways; Remote sensing; Rivers; Sedimentation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Sediment transport
• Old TRIS Terms: Photographic images; River characteristics
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00147766
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASCE 12150
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1977 12:00AM